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    college is the impact of parents‚ whole family or even the society. Our future plans are very often made by our parents‚ who feel sometimes too responsible for our life. Knowing that we should accept all their decicions or being assumed that they want to do all their can for us and they want only tthe best things‚ we try not to argue with them. Besides‚ after some time‚ we agree with them that the education is the most important component of our life and we should invest in it all our money‚ talents and

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    the classroom. (5) When researchers study teenage sleep patterns they find that when schools start at 8:30 students don’t fall asleep in class‚ which is not surprising(FS). (6) Schools should start at 8:30. (7) Ended school days‚ I have more energy to do my

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    Candide - Optimism

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    In Candide‚ Voltaire sought to point out the flaws of Gottfried William von Leibniz’s theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the inaction toward the evils of the world. Voltaire’s use of satire‚ and its techniques of exaggeration and contrast highlight the evil and brutality of war and the world in general when men are meekly accepting their fate. Leibniz‚ a German philosopher and mathematician of Voltaire’s time‚ developed the idea that the world they were living in at that time was

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    Think Before You Eat

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    Obesity is not the only risk‚ because heart disease is also a known factor. What you eat can affect your heart’s health and your chances of developing life threatening heart disease. When eating all of the fats‚ sugars‚ and salts. Your heart can grow weak and it will put your life in danger. There is no safe risk for the body when it comes to eating fast food. Food poisoning can come from fast food. What most people do not know is the conditions the animals are living in before they are killed. Cows

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    Candides Journey

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    Throughout Candide by Voltaire‚ the main character‚ Candide‚ introduced at the beginning of the novel as a young innocent naïve man‚ goes through many journeys along the way maturing him as a whole. Two out of three guides‚ Pangloss and Martin‚ taught him very important philosophies about life‚ questioning Candide‚ if he believes them and if he will follow them or not. Throughout Candide’s childhood he is nurtured with the philosophy of “everything is for the best”. Mastor Pangloss exemplifies

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    Every college student has either good or bad experiences during his college life. One of the bad experiences is living with a roommate you don’t like. During my collage studies‚ I had a roommate who gave me bad times because he was messy‚ noisy‚ and stingy. My roommate was so loud that he caused me problem‚ while I was trying to waken up early for classes. He scram when he was watching a game on TV. Also‚ he likes to study with the radio up and that bothered me especially when he was studying late

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    Pangloss's Candide

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    Character List Candide - The protagonist of the novel‚ Candide is a good-hearted but hopelessly naïve young man. His mentor‚ Pangloss‚ teaches him that their world is “the best of all possible worlds.” After being banished from his adopted childhood home‚ Candide travels the world and meets with a wide variety of misfortunes‚ all the while pursuing security and following Cunégonde‚ the woman he loves. His faith in Pangloss’s undiluted optimism is repeatedly tested. Candide is less a realistic character

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    Candide Satire

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    which human vice or folly is attacked through irony‚ derision‚ or wit. Candide is a successful satire because it includes the main components of satire‚ and in writing it Voltaire intended to point out the folly in philosophical optimism and religion. Satire is designed to ridicule a usually serious idea. Because Voltaire was a deist he was more than comfortable deriding religion and philosophical optimism in his novella Candide. In contrast to the standard European of his day‚ Voltaire openly rejected

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    Eva died two hours before the inspector came. She died because she drank a lot of “strong disinfectant” which burnt her “inside out”. Inspector Goole goes to the Birling’s house to confront each one of them and place responsibility on them. Though the inspector does not tell us it‚ it is quite obvious that he is there not to find the “main culprit” but instead he is there to make the Birling’s see through somebodies eyes of the Lower “class” and feel some “responsibility”. Each and every one of them

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    The idea of mandatory voting during U.S. elections is a much-debated topic in the United States. Making voting mandatory for all citizens‚ is debated to be something that could be either positive or negative. Both sides of the issue have their reasons why mandatory-voting laws should or should not be passed. Those who believe that mandatory voting should become a law believe that it will bring the number of voters on Election Day to increase. With voter participation rates falling below sixty

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